“Osama bin Laden had no plans for terrorist attacks at the time of his death, according to new evidence. The last Al Qaeda attack he was involved in planning was the 7/7 bombings in London in 2005 where he was in close contact with other terrorists. Although bin Laden remained a figure head for extremists, he had little involvement during his final years holed up in a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Information found at the hide-out, where the Al Qaeda chief was killed on May 2 [2011] by U.S. troops, suggested that bin Laden also had advance knowledge of several plots that failed. …One official said: ‘Bin Laden was absolutely a detail guy. We have every reason to believe that he was aware of Al Qaeda’s major plots during the planning phase, including the airline plot in 2006 and the London 7/7 attacks.’ ”
– “How bin Laden Died Dwelling on Past Glories: CIA Reveals He had ‘No Hand in Planning Attacks After 2005 and 7/7 was His Last,'” Daily Mail, July 13, 2011